One morning I walked a while to a French cafe that someone offhandedly mentioned the night before. I had coffee and breakfast there while reading ハツカネズミの時間. Next to me, someone was getting advice on how to manage some important business transaction. It was a pleasant time.
Usually a trip to a bar or any other kind of after-hours social event at a conference makes me uncomfortable and regretful that I came. Somehow the chemistry was right this time, and I enjoyed hanging out with those strangers pretty well.
The secret musical guest at WWDC this year was Barenaked Ladies. It was pretty weird to see the band I listened to at my brother’s house in Wisconsin when I was like 11 years old, up on stage at an event I was attending as a professional member of the Mac developer community. I pushed up close to the front and sang along.
